Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes an active matrix substrate, a counter substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The active matrix substrate includes an alignment film defining an initial alignment azimuth, and a first electrode and a second electrode to generate a fringing field. The counter substrate includes a transparent substrate and a third electrode provided on a side of the transparent substrate closer to the liquid crystal layer. The first electrode is a pixel electrode, and the second electrode is a common electrode. A DC voltage Vd is applied to the third electrode, the DC voltage Vd being different from a common voltage Vcom which is applied to the common electrode.

Abstract: This monitoring system for photovoltaic power generation includes: a first to n-th power collecting systems each for supplying a power conditioner with collected outputs from plural photovoltaic panels via a connection box; slave devices provided for connection boxes respectively belonging to the first to n-th power collecting systems, each slave device collecting measurement information about power generation and transmitting the collected measurement information by use of a direct current electrical path of the power collecting system thereof; a master device provided at a power collection end on an inlet side of the power conditioner to obtain the measurement information; a system selection unit for selecting one power collecting system upon reception of a selection signal from the master device and causing power line communication to be performed by use of a direct current electrical path of the selected power collecting system; and a monitoring device connected to the master device.

Abstract: This monitoring system for photovoltaic power generation includes: a first to n-th power collecting systems each for supplying a power conditioner with collected outputs from plural photovoltaic panels via a connection box; slave devices provided for connection boxes respectively belonging to the first to n-th power collecting systems, each slave device collecting measurement information about power generation and transmitting the collected measurement information by use of a direct current electrical path of the power collecting system thereof; a master device provided at a power collection end on an inlet side of the power conditioner to obtain the measurement information; a system selection unit for selecting one power collecting system upon reception of a selection signal from the master device and causing power line communication to be performed by use of a direct current electrical path of the selected power collecting system; and a monitoring device connected to the master device.

Abstract: A method is provided that includes capturing an input handwritten character with parameter representation for each stroke and applying a polygonal approximation thereto; assuming each polygonal line segment approximated to be vector that reaches an end point from a start point, and obtaining an angle between an axis that becomes a reference and each line segment as a polygonal line segment angle sequence; obtaining an exterior angle sequence of vertices of the line segments; making a sum of exterior angles of the same sign, where the same sign of plus or minus in the exterior angle sequence continues, to be a winding angle sequence; extracting a global feature according to each obtained sequence and a localized or quasi-localized feature in each curved portion divided corresponding to the winding angle sequence, hierarchically and divisionally; and performing character recognition by comparing the extracted result with a template of an object character.

Abstract: A backlight unit (60) includes: a light guiding plate (64); and a diffusing sheet (70), the backlight unit (60) causing light exiting through a light exit plane (80) thereof to backlight a liquid crystal display element (20), the light exiting through the light exit plane (80), having a half width of not more than 44°.

Abstract: A backlight unit (60) is provided in such a manner that light (L3) incident from the backlight unit (60) to a liquid crystal display element (20) in a diagonal direction that causes the light to be likely to be emitted from the liquid crystal display element (20) in a normal direction thereof has lower intensity than light (L2) incident from the backlight unit (60) to the liquid crystal display element (20) in another diagonal direction.

Abstract: In a case in which handwritten character recognition such as online handwritten character recognition is implemented, simple and high performance character recognition by which transformation such as remarkable transformation and rotation is able to be treated and which recognizes an input that is written in a single stroke such as kaisho-writing, is provided.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device, including: a first substrate; a second substrate; opposing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a reflection film formed on one side of the second substrate that is closer to the liquid crystal layer; and a color filter formed on the reflection film, wherein: a plurality of pixel regions are arranged in a matrix pattern, each of the pixel regions including a reflection region where light coming from the first substrate side is reflected by the reflection film back to the first substrate side, and a transmission region where light coming from the second substrate side is transmitted to the first substrate side; and the color filter includes an opening in the reflection region.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device, including: a first substrate; a second substrate; opposing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a reflection film formed on one side of the second substrate that is closer to the liquid crystal layer; and a color filter formed on the reflection film, wherein: a plurality of pixel regions are arranged in a matrix pattern, each of the pixel regions including a reflection region where light coming from the first substrate side is reflected by the reflection film back to the first substrate side, and a transmission region where light coming from the second substrate side is transmitted to the first substrate side; and the color filter includes an opening in the reflection region.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device, including: a first substrate; a second substrate; opposing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a reflection film formed on one side of the second substrate that is closer to the liquid crystal layer; and a color filter formed on the reflection film, wherein: a plurality of pixel regions are arranged in a matrix pattern, each of the pixel regions including a reflection region where light coming from the first substrate side is reflected by the reflection film back to the first substrate side, and a transmission region where light coming from the second substrate side is transmitted to the first substrate side; and the color filter includes an opening in the reflection region.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device, including: a first substrate; a second substrate; opposing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a reflection film formed on one side of the second substrate that is closer to the liquid crystal layer; and a color filter formed on the reflection film, wherein: a plurality of pixel regions are arranged in a matrix pattern, each of the pixel regions including a reflection region where light coming from the first substrate side is reflected by the reflection film back to the first substrate side, and a transmission region where light coming from the second substrate side is transmitted to the first substrate side; and the color filter includes an opening in the reflection region.

Abstract: A lightning surge protector, comprises a current limiting element in a pressure-proof housing. The pressure-proof housing is composed of a conductive material and coupled with an upper electrode member. Also, a self arc-extinguishing LSP comprises a current limiting element and upper and lower electrode members housed and fixed in a conductive pressure-proof housing opened at its lower portion through a suspension structure composed of a suspension rod. The outside and inside of the housing are covered and filled with an insulator, so that, upon occurrence of an internal arc due to a short-circuit fault or the like, the energy due to the arc causes the lower electrode member to break the insulator in the vicinity of an opening portion of the conductive pressure-proof housing so as to electrically connect the conductive pressure-proof housing to a part of the lower electrode member.

Abstract: An aqueous preparation comprising of 0.1 to 0.3% (W/V) of a pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidine compound represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R represents an n-propyl or allyl group, A represents a tetrazolyl or carboxyl group, and n represents an integer of 0 to 2, 0.5 to 2.0% (W/V) of a polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid ester, 0.5 to 2.0% (W/V) of polyethylene glycol and 1.0 to 3.5% (W/V) of disodium hydrogenphosphate.